Toyota's " Death Pedal " autopsy

[chr2002ca]

Greg, you always crack me up man!

Yep, that f'ing Prius leaves a larger carbon footprint on this planet than my SUV due to the complexity of building and shipping its components in North America, Europe, and Asia. It's a dirty little secret the tree huggers won't tell you about. It's a shame they put brakes on them at all.

How rediculous is it that you need to download a patch to get the brakes working better.

[GregWeld]

Chris ---

Wait til those huggers find out that they have to buy a new battery... and what's left of the old one is about as toxic and it gets!

[98ssnova]

And this is why i will only buy GM products I have never had a problem with them. I wish that Toyota would own up to it if they did make a mistake at least that would show me they are human and care about the customer's that they put in danger. I have drove and rode in Toyota's line nice lineup but not for me. To me they felt cheap. And now i am really glad i bought GM. Ok off my soap box.

[XcYZ]

It's getting real ugly...


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Runawa...ory?id=9747342

Federal safety investigators agreed to exclude reports of the most serious cases of alleged "runaway Toyotas" after the intervention of a former safety official hired to be a Washington, D.C. representative of Toyota, an ABC News investigation has found....


...internal government memos and court testimony analyzed by ABC News show the federal investigations were extremely limited in scope, after negotiations involving former safety investigators who had been recruited to work for Toyota's Washington, D.C. office....


...The memorandum was written on March 23, 2004, shortly after the NHTSA official, Scott Yon, met with two former NHTSA colleagues who worked for Toyota, including Chris Santucci, who had left the agency only six months earlier, according to his testimony in a civil lawsuit...


"Longer duration incidents involving uncontrollable acceleration" were deemed to be "not within the scope of this investigation," according to 2004 memorandum...

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I'd like to put a Prius in the back of my big black dually - and take it for a ride...

One time I was at a gas station - filling up the dually - some clown comes in driving a Prius and starts mouthing off about all the fuel he's saving -- to which I said "THANK YOU 'cause I'm going to be using all of the fuel you saved!"

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Chris ---

Wait til those huggers find out that they have to buy a new battery... and what's left of the old one is about as toxic and it gets!

I love it Greg!!! That is good stuff.
I, personally would have had some "nice choice words" for the nice fella that mouthed off to you about his Prius.

[ironworks]

With all the driving that I do, I always see a Prius in the fast lane doing 80 plus mph. I really wonder how efficient they are at 80. The electric motor and gas engine have to both be running their little guts outs.

With Toyota be the darling of the media for the past few years it is refreshing to see them turn on them like everyone else.

Boy I sure do miss my good ol throttle "CABLE", man those were the days. All this to save a cable and a return spring.

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Boy I sure do miss my good ol throttle "CABLE", man those were the days. All this to save a cable and a return spring.

plus the extra parts not needed for cruise or traction control (cost, weight, packaging), plus better control over 'torque management' for reduced warranty issues.


although this is making me rethink my want of DBW in my 67.

[buickfunnycar.com]

Originally Posted by ironworks

With all the driving that I do, I always see a Prius in the fast lane doing 80 plus mph...

Isn't that the truth?

No one ever talks about the battery disposal,what a nightmare that'll be.

[96z28ss]

Im all for bring back the throttle cable.

[legend]

clarkson on the prius